Singapore Chronicle and Commercial Register, 26 May 1831

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  • 31 1 SINGAPORE CHRONICLE And Commercial Register. NO. 21, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1831. [NEW SERIES.] Public Notifications appearing in this Paper, and Signed by the Proper Authorities, are to be considered as Official.
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  • 4813 1 CAPTAIN JOHN CROFT HAWKINS. The trial of Captain Hawkins having excited considerable interest, we are induced to republish, from the Pamphlet to which we referred in our last number, £ir John Awdry’S Charge to the Jury after the trial; from which a very impartial and good view of the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 386 1 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby driven, that the Hon’bie .Company's Treasury is open for the Receipt of Cash for Bills on the Supreme Government at 30 days sight, at the exchange of 206 Sicca Rupees per 100 Spanish Dollars. R. IBBETSON, RESIDENT OF SINGAPORE. Sinapore the *2§th March 1831. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION
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    • 344 1 FRESH CAPE TABLE RAISINS. A few boxes may be had by application at the Godowns of Messrs. George Armstrong 8c Co. ADVERTISEMENT^ S. Hallpike returns his thanks to the Public for the encouragement he has hitherto met with, and begs to state that he has opened a Board and Lodging
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    • 21 1 TO LET. THE Bungalow formerly occupied by Capt. Campbell situated m the most delightful partofKampon£ Glam. Apply to CHARLES THOMAS CO.
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  • 567 2 Front the Bombay Courier 5th 9th April Extract of a letter of the 22nd ult. (Sept.) from Algiers: Several arme i vessels have quitted this j ort to convey back to France about 2,500 men. All is going on well at Algiers. The Arab militia are organising,
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  • 319 2 Sitting of December 1*/, The Minister for War presented a Law Project for calling out 8b,000 men of the class of 1830, the ground for which measure he fully explained, concluding in the following terms: The unanimous cry of France is for peace. She has given sufficient proofs of
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  • 649 2 It appears from an Abstract made last year of the late Duke of Athol's woods and forests, thal they consist of thirteen thousand, three hundred, and seventy-eight Scotch acres of which the whole, except about one thousand acres, were planted bv the late Duke after his accession in 1774.
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  • 1767 2 It is generally to be remarked of the New Administration, that those of its member*? who possess the greatest ability, have also the strongest aristocratical bias j those, again, who have the best dispositions, want the talent and energy which should give effect to them and t«»ose
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  • 554 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE CHRONICLE Sir, One of the advantages derived from the free discussion of the measures ol the Government is, in the end, coming at the truth. Now, Mr. Editor, on reading your description of the fire at Flint’s Hill” (should have been Mount Sophia)
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  • 848 3 THURSDAY, MAY 26th 1831. The Barque Lady of the Lake, Captain Pearson, arrived here on the 22nd. instant, having left Calcutta on the 19th ultimo. Calcutta Papers to the 14th ult. have been received, but we perceive that, like ourselves, our contemporaries are indebted to the Bombay Papers for
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  • 264 3 ARRIVALS, MAY 1831. 19th British Ship Flora, James She- riff, from Calcutta 1st ult. via Penang and Malacca. H. M. schooner Cochin, Thos. S. Hill Esq. from Trincomalee 7th March. 22nd Brit, barq ue Lady of the Lake, James Pearson, from Calcutta 19th ult. 23rd Brit, schooner Ann, John
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  • COMMERCIAL REGISTER.
    • 400 4 By the british brig bee Goan 100 Tons Jror'fi Mtitipca a,id, Penang* ISO Picols.'P* pper. 80 Sugar. ‘jo 15 in No.- Cattle. By the Dutch Sch: Rdih'ice, 126 Tons front batdvia. 358 lbs. 81 Pis Indigo. 1 Pis -6 cutties Saiilower. 2~6 Pepper 105 Sugar 7 in N>». Java
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    • 373 4 By the british brig Lee Goan, 100 Tons, for Malacca Sy Pinoctvj• 810 ga)l. Arrack 60 piculs Indigo 30 Garlic 12 Hogslard 5300 yards British white cottons 4000 in No. Cocoanuts IUuO Plates Bj the Dutch Sch. Reliance 126 Tons for Batavia, 4500 in’ No, Gunnies 40 corges Sannahs
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    • 224 4 -_ai Vessel’s Names. Tons. Commanders. From Where. To Sail Danish ship, Nor den J, Burd Hamburgh, September. 2?rit. brig, Hebe London, via Batavia October* Dutch brig, Ribble ‘234 J. C. Beckman Liverpool, via Batavia November. Brit, ditto. Jane Young 250 W. Spottiswoode London, via Batavia January.
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    • 91 4 h consequence of the deficiency of the Circulating Me dium, and the peculiar mode in wnich business is conducted in this Settlement, scarcely any sales are made fir)' cash; and, if being therefore impossible to gb-e the cash price of almost any article, it must be obsem'ed that
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    • 892 4 i The Currency in which commercial transaction* are calculated, i* the Spanish divided into Cent*. The coift mon weight is the Picul, of 133 1-3 lbs. avoirdupoise, divided into 100 Katties. Salt and Rice, are commonly sold bjr the Koyao of 40 Piculs, nearly; Java Tobacco by the
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